How Artificial Intelligence Is Taking on Ransomware

Written by Anick Jesdanun

Twice in the space of six weeks, the world has suffered major attacks of ransomware — malicious software that locks up photos and other files stored on your computer then demands money to release them.

It’s clear that the world needs better defenses, and fortunately, those are starting to emerge, if slowly and in patchwork fashion. When they arrive, we may have artificial intelligence to thank.

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New study shows how long-necked plesiosaurs swam

Written by MIHAI ANDREI

We might have to rethink the classic idea of a plesiosaur swimming with a bent neck. Pernille V. Troelsen, a Ph.D. student at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, simulated plesiosaur locomotion with 3D models and found that it would have been much easier for them to swim with a straight neck, and that’s likely how they moved around.

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Breaking: Fatal Courtroom Act Ruins Michael ‘hockey stick’ Mann

Written by John O'Sullivan

Penn State climate scientist, Michael ‘hockey stick’ Mann commits contempt of court in the ‘climate science trial of the century.’ Prominent alarmist shockingly defies judge and refuses to surrender data for open court examination. Only possible outcome: Mann’s humiliation, defeat and likely criminal investigation in the U.S.

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